Preach brother.
Everyday on here posters pathetically whine about getting negged in spite of their awesome posting skills.
Pro tip: if you are constantly getting negged, it's because you constantly come of as a Dickhead

How Americans celebrate this holiday is an abomination. Our country has issues. Whether it is racism, homophobia, or flat out cultural bigotry and ignorance, Americans of all political leanings, genders, and ethnicities have proven themselves to be insensitive louts. The problem is that people are only sensitive to those people society has deemed it necessary to be sensitive to. People are rarely aware enough of history to consider that a name for a drink is incredibly insensitive.(How many people have died as a result of car bombs in Ireland?)

he was a good indicator that your team was playing a big game. Same way Billy Packer was always assigned the lead game on CBS. I enjoyed seeing Michigan in the spotlight. Eventually I looked at both of them as a jinx and now just a pain.

The only day of the year I drink black and tans. Too bad Guinness has become so meh in recent years. Not sure what they did to it but it is not the same as it was when I was introduced to it in high school.

If you can get it, Murphy's Irish Stout has surpassed Guiness in quality recently IMHO. The company that owns Guinness went through all kinds of shady restructuring in 2009, including closing the orginial Johnnie Walker plant in Scotland. Yuengling Dark Brewed is also a good choice if you can get it. Plus of course whatever your local micros can get.

Yeah I usually prefer Murphy's. I live in Ann Arbor so Yuengling is not an option but I will try that next time I'm out east. I didn't realize that the company that owns Guinness also owns Johnnie Walker. I guess that explains why it has lost so much of its character in recent years. Feels weird to even say it but I think as blended whiskeys go Dewar's may be on about the same level as Johnnie Walker.

If you like the darker stuff, Blue Tractor has an excellent Irish ale on tap right now. I blew through a growler of it last night. Not exactly right for making black and tans, but an excellent darker option in its own right.

Black and Tans was the nickname of the reserves of the Royal Irish Constabulary. They were well known for their brutality.

People really need to learn their Irish history. The suffering of this people was immense. Black and tans, Irish car bombs.. these are names that need to go the way of Native American mascots and racist caricatures of African Americans on syrup bottles and boxes of rice---oh, wait.

Really though Saint Patty's day has got to be one of the worst days to drink in AA, the bars just go insane on their prices. Connor's is a cover charge and five bucks for a shitty little couple of Guiness right now. We always made the Spring Game our belated Saint Patty's all day bar crawl since the prices had returned to normalcy and plenty of other people went out post Spring Game.

Cleaning out the fridge. A Big Eddy (the only thing from Leinenkugel I've tried that isn't shit), couple of Goose Island Nut Browns, a couple of Great Lakes Alchemy Hours, some Mission St. Blonde Ales. We'll see from there.

It never ceases to amaze that Bo Ryan has the uncanny ability to take an entire arena out of normal space-time. That said, I am waiting for my stew to finish cooking, at which point the entire family will be treated to beef stew with potatoes, parsnips, turnips, peas, bay and chives and I shall be treating myself to some Guinness and the selection show.